Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

And there are no counties that ban out of state investors buying investment properties.  

If you plan to buy in your hometown, buy a 2-4 unit, and live in one of the units.

Buy and Hold investing is a great avenue to begin with as most people live their lives off of residual income. 

What type of properties are you looking to buy?

Congrats on buying your first condo—that’s a big move, especially in a competitive market like NYC.

I have been consuming as much education/reading regarding out of state investing as I can as well as literature regarding buying larger buildings (not quite the syndication level) although I have been reading that material as well to digest.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

You can also offer to lease with an option to buy to tie up the property until you are ready to purchase. 

My understanding is Heloc since its a line of credit can be drawn anytime so say you buy the property with and the ac goes on a heloc you could use that to pay for it where the home equity has a period/ gives all the cash upfront.